Koning Albert and Lyon HK enjoyed a successful and entertaining outing to Sheepgate Equestrian Centre today, with plenty to celebrate both in and out of the arena. Travelling together, the pair certainly kept us smiling — forming quite the partnership in the lorry, happily sharing hay and affection through the partition. It is safe to say their fri...

Koning Sport Horses were delighted to attend the Brackenspa Stud Stallion Open Day on Saturday, where both Koning Albert and Cassionora GF attracted a great deal of interest from visiting mare owners. It was a big ask for our "baby" Cassionora GF, who is technically not four until June. This was a significant outing for him, particularly as it was ...

Daisy Williams and Koning Albert enjoyed a successful trip to Willow Banks EC today. In the 1m20 Open, Berti jumped a super double clear, making light work of the track to take 2nd place — just narrowly beaten at the last moment by Harriet Rushton. Well done Harriet 👏 Daisy then stepped into a competitive 1m25/1m35 Open class and attempted to repli...

 🐴 Stallion Viewing Day – This coming Saturday! We're looking forward to welcoming you to Brackenspa Stud this Saturday, where Koning Albert and Cassionora GF will both be available to view ✨ This is a fantastic opportunity to see both stallions in person, assess their quality, temperament, and presence, and discuss breeding plans for the seas...

Koning Albert enjoyed a successful outing at Arena UK for the Winter Championships, partnered by Daisy Williams. Despite not having had many recent opportunities together due to Daisy's busy schedule, the combination proved just how strong their partnership is becoming. Berti delivered a beautiful double clear in the 1.10m Open, followed by an impr...

𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧! Koning Albert and Ellie start out as they mean to go on. Straight in at Advanced Medium Freestyle to Music and they take a win with 67.17%.  Berti was very eager to show Ellie he knows what comes next and she had to ride cautiously in parts, but with so much more to come, it's a very exciting start to the seaso...

Cassionora GF

📰 𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 – 𝗞𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗹𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 & 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗮 𝗚𝗙 𝗡𝗼𝘄 𝗔𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗜 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 We are delighted to share that two of our stallions now have their adverts live on the Stallion AI website. Both Koning Albert and Cassionora GF have high-quality frozen semen stored at Stallion AI, offering mare owners greater flexibility and accessibili...

We are absolutely delighted with the quality and attention to detail of the new media that has arrived from Anton Fowler of https://bubblerocks.com/  Anton has worked tirelessly to ensure everything looks just right, and has patiently put up with me changing things several times! Your dedication and professionalism are hugely appreciated. It w...

𝙀𝙓𝘾𝙇𝙐𝙎𝙄𝙑𝙀 𝙄𝙉𝙏𝙀𝙍𝙑𝙄𝙀𝑾:  **𝘾𝒂𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙧𝒂 𝙂𝙁 𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 "𝘼𝙙𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙎𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙡"** Reporter: *"Cass, how was your stay at Stallion AI Services ?"* Cass: "Honestly? Five stars. Possibly six. The straw depth alone was life-changing." Highlights of his stay apparently included:  A very lush barn Premium straw bedding Top-notch hay First-c...

📰 𝑾𝒆𝒍𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑯𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒏 𝑻𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒏𝒕𝒐𝒏 𝑶𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒐 𝑶𝒖𝒓 𝑻𝒆𝒂𝒎 𝑨𝒑𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒄𝒉 At Koning Sport Horses, we believe in taking a thoughtful, team-based approach to the care and management of our horses. Every horse is an individual, and we work alongside a range of trusted professionals to support welfare, comfort and performance — always with a practical, sustainable pla...

Cassionora GF completes his ridden education with a win at his first outing Cassionora GF, the resident goofball, and Daisy Williams successfully completed Cass's ridden education for 2025 with their first competitive outing together, and what an introduction it proved to be. Cass has been an exceptionally intelligent and willing young horse t...

Albert hasn't been to many pony parties lately, as he had a bit of a rest whilst the babies are being brought on and Jill has been super busy on the Ambulances trying to earn pennies to keep them all 🤫 Daisy Williams had a couple of tune up lessons with Dani Johnston on Berti and we took him to Port Royal for a tootle around some classes. It w...

Today was a truly great day for our gorgeous homebred Koning Jesko ( Koning Albert × Calvados Z × Celano)At just 3 years old and already standing nearly 17hh, he came off the lunge for the very first time… and he and Daisy even popped over a very small jump with complete confidence. A real bridge crossed moment for this special young horse.His atti...

𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒏? As another piece in Cassionora GF's learning jigsaw, we took him slightly farther afield to hire Prospect Farm Arena. A gorgeous arena with lots of things to look at, including lots of flapping Union Jacks  and other distractions.Cass took it all in and was superb.We had invited Ebony from Tails and Trails Photo...

𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐚 𝐆𝐅 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 His second time ever over poles, first time travelling in the lorry, first arena hire, and only his third time leaving the yard — and he handled it all like a pro. A huge thank you to Daisy Williams for riding him so sympathetically today. Your talent clearly runs in the family — it certainly gave us both a ...

🌟 Cassionora GF – Ridden Steps for the First Time! 🌟 A very special milestone today — our wonderful Cassionora GF has been ridden under saddle for the very first time! Huge thanks go to Daisy Williams Freelance Groom for her calm, patient approach and the skill that has brought this lovely young colt to this point so smoothly. We are also imme...

𝑲𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑨𝒍𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒕 & 𝑬𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒆 𝑹𝒐𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑷𝒆𝒕𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒏 𝑫𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒎𝒑𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑𝒔 On Wednesday 1st October, Ellie Roberts and Koning Albert competed in the Petplan Dressage Festival at Arena UK, Grantham — which also happened to be Ellie's birthday! 🎉 This was only their fourth time riding an Advanced Medium Freestyle to Music, and with Berti still very new ...

𝗔𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗮 𝗨𝗞 𝗔𝗟𝗫 𝗠𝗮𝗷𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘄𝗷𝘂𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀 Koning Albert made the trip to Arena UK for the ALX Major Showjumping Championships with a week of mixed results. We arrived on the Sunday and were stabled alongside Daniella's horses and the Whalls' team. The new stabling blocks looked smart at first glance, but the weather was less than kind. From Sund...

Dental Day at Koning Sport Horses 🦷🐴 Today was a busy but important morning at the yard, as all of the Koning Sport Horses were attended to by our trusted equine dentists, Sharon and Adam Cooper. In total, 5 horses were seen for their routine dental checks, with our vet Latta on hand to assist the more nervous youngsters and Charlie was receiv...

Wolsingham Show – HOYS Grade C Qualifier Another long road trip up to County Durham, but worth every mile as the horses jumped brilliantly on the superb ground prepared by the Wolsingham Show team. Daniella Johnston took one of her own young horses for a step up in class, and he impressed everyone with a confident round, just rolling a single pole....